It's a molt they go through every year at this time.
Annette

On Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 12:01 AM Upstate NY Birding digest <
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> 1. Bald Blue Jay
> 2. Re: Bald Blue Jay
> 3. Re: Bald Blue Jay
> 4. Re: Bald Blue Jay
> 5. Re: Bald Blue Jay
> 6. Re: Bald Blue Jay
> 7. Bird Conservation efforts at Lighthouse Point
> 8. Re: Bald Blue Jay
> 9. Re: Bald Blue Jay
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> Subject: Bald Blue Jay
> From: Tom Vawter <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:22:01 -0400
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> This Jay has been at our feeders for the last week or so.  I can only think
> he’s been picked on by other Jays.  Other ideas?
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> Subject: Re: Bald Blue Jay
> From: "Chris R. Pelkie" <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 20:43:31 +0000
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> I would guess mites leading to mange.
> Be careful handling the feeder so you don’t get the mites. There are some
> nasty images on Google of what human skin looks like after bird mites get
> at it.
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> This Jay has been at our feeders for the last week or so.  I can only
> think he’s been picked on by other Jays.  Other ideas?
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> Subject: Re: Bald Blue Jay
> From: Melissa Groo <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:52:56 -0400
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> Isn’t it possible it’s just heavy molting? See this recent blog post from
> Laura Erickson:
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> https://blog.lauraerickson.com/2020/08/bald-blue-jays.html?m=1
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> On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 4:43 PM Chris R. Pelkie <[email protected]>
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> > I would guess mites leading to mange.
> > Be careful handling the feeder so you don’t get the mites. There are some
> > nasty images on Google of what human skin looks like after bird mites get
> > at it.
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> > On Aug 18, 2024, at 16:22, Tom Vawter <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > This Jay has been at our feeders for the last week or so.  I can only
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> > <IMG_0208.jpg>
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> Subject: Re: Bald Blue Jay
> From: Tim Gallagher <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 21:01:18 +0000
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> We used to get a lot of calls about this at the Lab of Ornithology at this
> time of year. Here’s a link to some information.
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> https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/i-have-a-bald-bird-at-my-feeder-is-it-sick/#:~:text=The%20result%20is%20a%20very,%2C%20feather%20mites%2C%20or%20lice
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> https://blog.lauraerickson.com/2020/08/bald-blue-jays.html?m=1
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> I would guess mites leading to mange.
> Be careful handling the feeder so you don’t get the mites. There are some
> nasty images on Google of what human skin looks like after bird mites get
> at it.
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> On Aug 18, 2024, at 16:22, Tom Vawter <[email protected]<mailto:
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> This Jay has been at our feeders for the last week or so.  I can only
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> Subject: Re: Bald Blue Jay
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:00:54 -0400
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> It’s that head molt time of year!!  Bad Feather Days abound. Crows
> look similarly ratty.
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>         on Google of what human skin looks like after bird mites get
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> Subject: Re: Bald Blue Jay
> From: Tom Vawter <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:20:41 -0400
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> >> Be careful handling the feeder so you don’t get the mites. There are
> some
> >> nasty images on Google of what human skin looks like after bird mites
> get
> >> at it.
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> Subject: Bird Conservation efforts at Lighthouse Point
> From: Jody Enck <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 20:13:56 -0400
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> Hello birders,
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> Most of you know that the Cayuga Bird Club has been working for a few years
> to improve bird habitat down at Lighthouse Point.
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> We have two opportunities to engage youth and young adults in the next
> couple weeks in our efforts, and we welcome involvement by anyone who is
> interested in birds, birding, bird conservation, or just seeing what we are
> up to.  Here are the opportunities:
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> (1) Work at Lighthouse Point Wednesday 28th afternoon (time tbd) with Beth
> Bannister's Cooperative Extension youth groups -- 22 youth and 2-3 adults.
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> (2) Work at Lighthouse Point Labor Day, Monday September 2nd (time tbd)
> with Cornell athletes.  See the May newsletter for a photo of a group of
> these young adults who helped us out for Earth Day this past spring.  Here
> is the email I received today from this group-- I hope this email finds you
> well. My name is Justine Hounsell, and I’m a part of the community service
> team for the Spiked Shoe Committee with the Cornell Track Team. We recently
> heard about the success of the volunteer day that the Student-Athlete
> Advisory Committee (SAAC) organized back in April, and we were inspired by
> the impact they made.
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> With that in mind, we would love for the track team to get involved in a
> similar way. Specifically, we’re interested in assisting Trees Up Tompkins
> and the Cayuga Bird Club for a few hours on Labor Day, September 2nd. Our
> team is quite large, with around 90-100 members, and we’re wondering if you
> think this number of volunteers could still be useful and manageable for
> the planned activities.
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> Subject: Re: Bald Blue Jay
> From: Therese <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 20:26:13 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 8
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> I had one of these bald Jays at the feedee a few years ago. It almost
> resembled a dove head- wise. I read and learned that there was certain mite
> that had ravaged some Jays' heads that year. My 2 cents
> Therese
>
> On Sun, Aug 18, 2024, 4:22 PM Tom Vawter <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: Bald Blue Jay
> From: Denise Kooperman <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 01:16:59 +0000
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> I thought they have a normal molting this time of year because I see this
> every year
> Denise
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> I had one of these bald Jays at the feedee a few years ago. It almost
> resembled a dove head- wise. I read and learned that there was certain mite
> that had ravaged some Jays' heads that year. My 2 cents
> Therese
>
> On Sun, Aug 18, 2024, 4:22 PM Tom Vawter <[email protected]<mailto:
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> This Jay has been at our feeders for the last week or so.  I can only
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